Who Will I Be Today? The Empty Self
Sep
24
3:00 PM15:00
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Who Will I Be Today? The Empty Self

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The Harvard Catholic Forum and the Abigail Adams Institute Present: 
WHO WILL I BE TODAY? THE EMPTY SELF

Angela Franks (Catholic University of America)

Thursday, September 24, 2026 | 6:00 PM EDT

In person location TBD, and livestreamed

Free and open to all; walk-ins welcome but registration requested for all and required for the livestream  

 

Why do people feel so insubstantial today, despite having more identity choices than ever? This lecture explores how we came to this predicament, and whether Christianity may have something useful to say about it. Reception to follow. For details and registration, click here. 

 

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Christian Alumni Society.

 

Supported by a grant from the Lumen Christi Institute with funding from the John Templeton Foundation (Grant #63614). 

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Trip to Getty Center!
Sep
6
10:00 AM10:00

Trip to Getty Center!

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Come experience Catholic art at the Getty Center with Nova Forum! Living the Catholic faith is a search for truth and goodness, but also beauty. Come face to face with the beauty of our tradition and meet fellow students from USC and around LA.

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The Idea of Love: Thinking with Dante in Exile
Feb
20
12:30 PM12:30

The Idea of Love: Thinking with Dante in Exile

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Professor Andrea Robiglio is a leading scholar of Thomas Aquinas and a philosopher at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. He will offer a lecture on the idea of love in Dante‘s poetry, open to all USC students on campus. This event is sponsored by the Catholic Student Association in collaboration with Nova Forum and will be advertised in the departments of Religion and Classics.

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Convocation of Catholic Student Leaders: "Inflection Point"
Nov
15
to Nov 16
Partner Event

Convocation of Catholic Student Leaders: "Inflection Point"

COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture at Cornell University is pleased to present two lectures by acclaimed scholars Stephen Bullivant (St. Mary's University, London) and Angela Franks (St. John's Seminary) on Saturday, Nov. 16 as part of the conference, “Inflection Point: A Convocation of Catholic Student Leaders.”  The conference will welcome more than fifty students from universities in Upstate NY and from In Lumine Network institutes. The keynotes will focus on, “The US Church in an Era of Secularization: Past, Present, and Possible Futures,” (Bullivant) and “Liquid Identity: Our Current Situation and How We Can Respond" (Franks).

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